Diversity Hall
500 W. Section St.
Mount Vernon, Wa.
98273-1203
(360) 419-9014
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Bill Graves, Ministerial Intern
Bill and his partner, Frances Wood, a nature writer, have four adult children and one stunning granddaughter. Bill retired from 34 years as a practicing attorney and commenced attending Seattle University School of Theology and Ministry in the Fall of 2004. He has completed two academic years at Seattle University and is an aspirant for the UU ministry, although he hasn’t decided what form that will take.
Bill has led a fairly colorful life. He was editor-in-chief of the Oregon Law Review and was a civil rights attorney for the U.S. Justice Department in the early 1970’s (mainly involved in school desegregation in Alabama). He has completed many bicycle road trips, the longest of which was from London to Jerusalem. He speaks some Spanish and has taught nature guide training courses in Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala.
He also is an avid birdwatcher, kayaker, gardener and cook. Mexican cuisine is his specialty. UU church work has been his passion and he has served as president of three UU congregations and represented the Department of Extension of the UUA as lay organizer of the Woodinville UU church in 1989-91. He recently completed a one year internship as a chaplain at
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Wednesday Hours:
Noon to 8p at Diversity Hall
1-2p at Skagit Valley Co-op
5477 Wilkinson Rd., Langley, WA 98260
Cell: 360-661-7289
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Rev. Amanda Aikman
Amanda is a 1993 graduate of Starr King School for the Ministry and has served churches in the Puget Sound area since 1994. An avid writer, she has won nearly a dozen sermon contests, including a $10,000 prize in the Borden Sermon Contest (2003). She is also an award-winning playwright and the artistic director of BLUUBIRD Theater Company, a Unitarian Universalist drama ministry. Amanda is a certified spiritual director (companion/mentor) with a practice that welcomes both UU's and others into conversations that develop an individual's relationship with the deeper currents of one's life. She teaches writing and makes universal rosaries. She lives with her partner, Nancy, and two cats in Everett. Her interests and enthusiasms include science fiction, kayaking, the plays of Alan Ayckbourn, military history, the Seattle Storm, and horseracing. She welcomes inquiries about spiritual direction - as a matter of fact, she welcomes inquiries about just about anything. |
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